clay

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (uncountable, usually) A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics.
2. (uncountable, usually) An earth material with ductile qualities.
3. (uncountable, usually) A tennis court surface made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate.
4. (uncountable, usually) The material of the human body.
5. (uncountable, usually) A particle less than 3.9 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
6. (uncountable, usually) A clay pipe for smoking tobacco.
7. (informal, uncountable, usually) A clay pigeon.
8. (Internet, humorous, uncountable, usually) Land or territory of a country or other political region, especially when subject to territorial claims.
9. (uncountable, usually) A moth, Mythimna ferrago

Verb

1. (transitive) To add clay to, to spread clay onto.
2. (transitive) To purify using clay.

Sinonieme

mud

earth

loam

soil

stiff

cadaver

remains

corpse

earthen

dirt

argil

dead body

body

mire

carcass

land

slime

white clay

mortar

stone

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wet ground

ground

clayey soil

loamy

white

brown clay

rock

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sand

sap

sect

silt

slab

slosh

sludge

swamp

terracotta

thunderbolt

clay particle

Aas

cl

potter’s clay

terra cotta

clay soil

be muddy

soft ground

hargil

religion

soft mud

wet dirt

slippery ground

Vertalings

argile

argilla

Ton

arcilla

Lehm

barro

άργιλος

argila

klei

πηλός

argila

argilla

creta

Tonerde

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/kleɪ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: cley

Geërf van Old English: clǣġ

Verwante met Nederlands: klei

Verwante met Nederduits: Klei

Verwante met Duits: Klei

Verwante met Deens: klæg

Verwante met Antieke Grieks: γλία

Verwante met Latyn: glūten

Verwante met Engels: glue

Verwante met Russies: глина

In summary

From Middle English cley, clay, from Old English clǣġ (“clay”), from Proto-West Germanic *klaij, from Proto-Germanic *klajjaz (“clay”), from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to glue, paste, stick together”).
Cognate with Dutch klei (“clay”), Low German Klei (“clay”), German Klei, Danish klæg (“clay”); compare Ancient Greek γλία (glía), Latin glūten (“glue”) (whence ultimately English glue), Russian глина (glina, “clay”). Related also to clag, clog.

Sinne

The city is known for its traditional Yixing clay ware .